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STEPANAKERT (Tiraspol Times) - Despite Armenia’s declared position that Kosovo independence will not be

Kosovo's authorities plan to declare independence unilaterally,against the will of Serbia. The United States and most of the EuropeanUnion members have voiced their readiness to recognize Kosovo’sindependence despite Serbian objections.

Will dependence-seeking Kosovo set a precedent for other conflicts elsewhere? The answer is yes, if Kosovo becomes independent. In that case, "extrapolation is inevitable" says Bulgarian Professor of History Nina Dyulgerova.

NO fewer than 28 persons, who attended the weekly crusade at the Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry, Uke, in Idemili North local government area of Anambra State, lost their lives during a stampede at the end of the ceremony in the early hours of yesterday.

A gem dealer claims he gave the FBI details of the al Qaeda chief's secret compound in 2003 - eight years before he was killed.A businessman who claims he tipped-off the FBI about the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden's secret compound is seeking a reward of $25m (£15.6m).

For over a decade, calls for a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) had reached a deafening crescendo in Nigeria. Proponents of the conference saw it as an avenue to find and address the key problems afflicting Nigeria since 1914 to present. The ace constitutional-lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi of blessed memory put it succinctly in the year 2000:

THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has said that contrary to claims by the family of the released sister of President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide, Mrs. Augusta Douglas-Ayam, the sum of $200,000 (N32m) was paid as ransom.

While the conflict on the purchase of the N255million by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, for the Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, a Ghanaian based website has alleged that Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola purchased three sport utility vehicles, SUV, with special specifications valued at N600million.

In a recent rejoinder to his revealed Nupe ancestry published by Naija.com on-line news out-fit on August 24, 2013, Chief Femi Abdulatef Fami-Kayode in his usual namby-pamby exhibition of intellectual trumpery goofed by describing the present water is not just ‘some confused Igbo person who Claims to be an academic”, but “the usual 419”. But that is far from the truth Dr.

On the 24th of May 2013, Professor Pat Utomi in an article titled “nation building: how we missed the plot,” decried the absence of nation building in Nigeria. No one can doubt the necessity of nation building; more so in a nation like Nigeria that has been torn by unrelenting ethno-religious conflicts and held down by the contradictions of her ethnic, cultural and religious diversity.

The Imo State Police Command has called on residents of Umuchime Ubahu community in Okigwe local government area to remain calm and resume their normal business as the command’s anti bomb squad has deactivated a propelled rocket.

The command added that the element has been certified and it does not contain any toxic or radio-active material.

The pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, and its Igbo counterpart, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, have said they will reject any move to limit discussions at the national dialogue being planned by President Goodluck Jonathan.